What My Mother and I Don't Talk about: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by Michele Filgate

What My Mother and I Don't Talk about: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence

Michele Filgate with Cathi Hanauer (Contributor), Melissa Febos (Contributor), Alexander Chee (Contributor), Dylan Landis (Contributor), Bernice L. McFadden (Contributor), Julianna Baggott (Contributor), Lynn Steger Strong (Contributor), Kiese Laymon (Contributor), Carmen Maria Machado (Contributor), André Aciman (Contributor), Sari Botton (Contributor), Nayomi Munaweera (Contributor), Brandon Taylor (Contributor), Leslie Jamison (Contributor)

288 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
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ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 *Most Anticipated Reads of 2019 by Publishers Weekly, BuzzFeed, The Rumpus, Lit Hub, The Week, and Elle.com* Fifteen brilliant writers explore what we don't talk to our mothers about, and how it affects us, for bett...

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